JP2001142808A - Device and method for preparing electronic mail, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To delete only the signature part of an original sender added to a sent mail document when performing a reply/transfer to the mail document. SOLUTION: Software for identifying the signature of the original sender added to the text of received electronic, deleting the identified signature from the text of electronic mail and preparing the text of electronic mail for reply or transfer by quoting the text of electronic mail, from which the signature has been deleted, is stored in an HDD 16 and this software is executed by a CPU 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail creating apparatus, an electronic mail creating method, and a recording medium for replying or transferring a sent mail body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In mail software for sending and receiving e-mails, which is now widely used, when replying or forwarding received mails, the mails to be created are put at the beginning of the mail body to be created. In general, a comment indicating that the mail document is to be returned or forwarded is added.

[0003] In addition, not only forwarding but also replying e-mail, the original e-mail text can be quoted,
Quotation marks can be added to each line of the cited text.

[0004]

However, in many cases, the signature (signature) of the original sender is added to the text of the mail to be quoted. When the text of the mail is quoted as described above, this signature is used. The operation was complicated because the part had to be deleted.

[0005] In particular, when a mail text is transferred via a plurality of users, a plurality of signatures are present in the mail text. Therefore, if these signatures are left, the mail text itself is very mixed. Therefore, it becomes difficult to understand from whom the message was sent directly, and extremely complicated operation is required to delete a plurality of signatures.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object the purpose of replying or forwarding a sent mail document when an original mail document is added to the mail document. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic mail creating apparatus, an electronic mail creating method, and a recording medium that can easily delete only the signature part of the sender.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Identification means for identifying the original sender's signature added to the received e-mail text, deletion means for deleting the signature identified by this identification means from the received e-mail text, and deletion of the signature by this deletion means Mail creation means for creating an e-mail text for reply or transfer by citing the e-mail text.

[0008] With this configuration, when replying or forwarding a sent mail document, it is possible to easily delete only the original sender signature added to the mail document.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the e-mail creating means creates the information indicating the transfer route of the e-mail body whose signature has been deleted by the deleting means. It is characterized by being added to the text.

[0010] With this configuration, in addition to the operation of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of creating the information and to further simplify the trouble of replying or forwarding the electronic mail text. Can be.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an identification step for identifying the original sender's signature added to the received e-mail text, and deleting the signature identified in the identification step from the received e-mail text. And an e-mail creation step of creating an e-mail body for reply or transfer by referring to the e-mail body whose signature has been deleted in the deletion step.

According to this method, when replying or forwarding a sent mail document, it is possible to easily delete only the original sender signature added to the mail document.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an identification step for identifying a signature of an original sender added to a received e-mail text, and a deletion for deleting the signature identified in the identification step from the received e-mail text. Storing a control program including an instruction for causing a computer to execute a step and an e-mail creating step of creating an e-mail body for reply or transfer by citing the e-mail body with the signature deleted in the deleting step. I do.

With such a recorded content, when replying or forwarding the sent mail document,
Only the signature portion of the original sender attached to the mail document can be easily deleted.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an electronic mail system using a personal computer will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the basic conceptual configuration of the entire system. Reference numeral 1 denotes a public line network (PSTN, ISDN, etc.), and a large number of personal computers (PCs) for sending and receiving electronic mail to and from the public line network 1. Are connected, and a mail server 3 operated by a service provider providing an electronic mail communication service is connected.

Here, the personal computers 2, 2,
… Has an email client tool for sending and receiving emails installed in advance,
It is assumed that it is connected to the public line network 1 via a built-in or external modem.

Next, FIG. 2 illustrates a basic circuit configuration of the personal computers 2, 2,. In the figure,
Reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU that controls the entire operation.
ROM 11, RAM 13,
Modem 14, key input unit 15, hard disk drive (H
DD) 16, a floppy disk drive (FDD) 17,
The CD-ROM device 18 and the display unit 19 are connected.

The ROM 12 is for fixedly storing a BIOS (basic input / output system) and the like.
Reference numeral 3 includes a work memory or the like for temporarily storing processing data of the CPU 11.

The modem 14 is connected to, for example, a public telephone line, modulates transmission data and outputs the data to the line, and demodulates data received via the line and sends it to the CPU 11.

The key input unit 15 includes, for example, a keyboard and mouse in a QWERTY arrangement and their respective interfaces, and creates an outgoing mail or the like when sending an electronic mail.

The hard disk device 16 includes, in addition to an OS (operating system), various application programs including at least a mail client tool (hereinafter abbreviated as “mail software”) for sending and receiving e-mails, and is handled by these programs. And various data to be stored.

In this mail software, the hard disk drive 16 has a function of identifying the original sender's signature at the time of replying and transferring the mail, and automatically deleting the signature. As
It is also assumed that information for identifying a mailbox, the signature of the original sender, and setting information as to whether or not to automatically delete the signature of the original sender are stored.

The floppy disk device 17 stores relatively small data such as a document file.

The CD-ROM device 18 reads various programs, image files, dictionary files, music files and the like recorded on a CD-ROM set as a recording medium and sends them to the CPU 11.

The display section 19 is composed of, for example, a TFT color liquid crystal panel and a drive circuit including a video RAM, and displays a list and contents of transmitted / received mails when the mail software is operated.

The various programs, image files, dictionary files, music files, and the like stored in the CD-ROM device 18 may be downloaded to the hard disk device 16 via a network.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment, particularly when returning the sent e-mail text, will be described.

All operations are performed by the CPU 1 based on mail software stored in the hard disk device 16.
Numeral 1 controls the operation.

Here, the sender "Taro Hanazawa" sends an e-mail to the destinations "Jiro Isono" and "Saburo Nakajima" with the title "Conference Notice (January 25)". On the other hand, a process when “Jiro Isono” replies to “Taro Hanazawa” of the original sender will be exemplified.

FIG. 4 shows the contents of an e-mail sent from the sender "Taro Hanazawa" to "Jiro Isono" and "Saburo Nakajima" of the transmission destination. FIG. FIG. 4B shows the mail text. Note that the "comment" on the right side in the figure is for explaining the "contents" on the left side, and is not actually input by a key and displayed on the screen.

FIG. 4A shows a header of an electronic mail.
“Sender (From :)”, “Destination (To :)”, “Send date and time (Date :)”, and “Title (Subject)
[t :)] is input and set.

Here, the two destinations “isono @
It can be seen that e-mails are simultaneously transmitted to "@" and "nakajima @".

FIG. 4 shows such a mail header.
A mail body having the contents shown in (2) is attached.

Here, the title "conference notice (Jan. 25)
Day) ”, the signature is attached after explaining the specific contents. The attachment of the signature is automatically performed by the setting of the mail software, and before and after that, that is, an identification code using a predetermined symbol, for example, a broken line symbol, is continuously added to the start part and the end part. Is set as a signature.

However, when Mr. Jiro Isono, who has received such an e-mail, composes an e-mail for reply with the original sender as a destination, for example, the mail software in the display unit 19 of the personal computer 2 uses " When the "reply" icon is operated, processing as shown in FIG. 3 is executed.

That is, FIG. 3 shows the contents of the procedure to be executed when creating a reply e-mail. At first, a citation concerning the original e-mail and its comment are prepared.

FIG. 5 shows the text of the reply e-mail created by "Jiro Isono" at this time. The sender uses the content contained in the header of the original e-mail at the beginning position. Based on the name (e-mail address), date and time of transmission, and the title, create and insert a quotation comment showing who sent the e-mail and what kind of e-mail, and then quote the e-mail text from the sender (In this case, “>” is added and quoted (step A1).

Subsequently, whether or not the signature has been attached to the original electronic mail is identified based on whether or not there is a predetermined identification code used at the start position and end position of the signature (step A2).

Based on the result of this processing, it is determined whether or not the signature has been attached to the original e-mail (step A3). Only when it is determined that the signature has been attached, the original e-mail text is added. The attached signature portion is deleted (step A4), and the process of FIG. 3 is temporarily terminated, and the process shifts to an editing process for creating a mail document as a reply and a reply process for the created mail document.

In FIG. 5, following the quote of the text of the mail document from the sender, a reply mail is edited and created, followed by attaching the signature of "Jiro Isono" himself to compose the text of the e-mail. are doing.

As described above, although the electronic mail text from the original sender is quoted, the signature portion is automatically deleted by the processing in step A4, so that the user is not required to use the signature. Without imposing any burden on the operation, a plurality of signatures are not mixed in one e-mail text, so that the e-mail text can be prevented from becoming complicated.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which an electronic mail is returned to the original sender.
Even when the e-mail is forwarded to a third party, the method of quoting the original e-mail and the method of adding a comment related to the quotation are the same.

Next, the operation of transferring the transferred e-mail text to another person will be described.

Here, the title "CO" sent from the sender "Jiro Isono" to "Saburo Nakajima" was sent.
An example of processing in a case where an e-mail "MLAB server is stopped (January 25)" is transferred to "Taro Hanazawa" and "Taro Hanazawa" receives the e-mail and further transfers it to another person I do.

FIG. 7 shows “Taro Hanazawa” from “Saburo Nakajima”
This shows the contents of the body of the e-mail forwarded to Mr., and as in FIGS. 4 and 5, “Comment” on the right side of the figure is for explaining the “Contents” on the left side. The key is not actually displayed on the screen.

Here, following the comment of the quote attached by the forwarded “Saburo Nakajima” and the quote of the original mail text, the first signature of the original sender “Jiro Isono” and this The second signature of "Saburo Nakajima" transferred is attached.

In further transferring such a mail body, when the “transfer” icon is operated by the mail software in the display unit 19 on the personal computer 2 of “Taro Hanazawa”, the processing shown in FIG. 6 is performed. Execute.

That is, FIG. 6 shows the contents of the procedure to be executed when creating an e-mail for transfer. At the beginning, it is determined whether or not the signature is attached to the body of the e-mail transferred. The identification processing is performed based on whether or not there is a predetermined identification code used at the start position and the end position of the signature (step B1).

Based on the result of this processing, it is first determined whether or not the first signature has been attached to the mail text (step B2). Only when it is determined that the first signature has been attached, the information of the signature is determined. Is stored (step B3), and it is then determined whether or not the second signature has been attached (step B4).

Here, only when it is determined that the second signature is also attached, the information of the signature is also stored (step B5), and then the first signature portion and the second signature attached to the electronic mail text are stored. The signature part 2 is deleted (step B6).

Then, using the information of each signature stored in steps B3 and B5, a citation comment on the e-mail to be transferred is created and inserted (step B7).

FIG. 8 shows the body of the electronic mail for transfer created by the personal computer 2 of "Taro Hanazawa" at this time. At the head position, the original sender's name (mail address) and its By creating and inserting a citation comment indicating who sent the e-mail, from whom, via what, what kind of e-mail was forwarded by the name and e-mail address of the person who forwarded the e-mail, Quote the text of

Thereafter, the processing of FIG.
The process proceeds to the editing process of the mail body to be transferred and the transmission process for transfer.

In FIG. 8, the signature of "Taro Hanazawa" is attached to the e-mail body following the quote of the e-mail body.

As described above, although the body of an e-mail that has passed through a plurality of persons is further transferred, a plurality of signature parts attached while the e-mail has passed through are automatically deleted. A comment indicating whether the mail has been forwarded via the route is attached, so that multiple signatures are not mixed in one e-mail body without imposing any extra burden on the user. In addition, it is possible to prevent the mail body to be transferred from becoming complicated.

Although FIGS. 6 to 8 illustrate the case where two signatures are attached to the forwarded e-mail text, the number of signatures is not limited. Is attached and identified and automatically deleted, and a comment indicating their route is attached instead.

The signature part is identified by text characters (for example, a series of "-"). However, the present invention is not limited to this. Character codes that are not displayed (for example,
HTML tag "<SIGH> @ </ SIGH>"
Etc.).

In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof.

[0060]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when replying or forwarding a sent mail document, only the signature portion of the original sender attached to the mail document is easily deleted. be able to.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of creating information and to further simplify the trouble of replying or transferring an electronic mail text. be able to.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when replying or forwarding the sent mail document,
Only the signature portion of the original sender attached to the mail document can be easily deleted.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when replying or forwarding the sent mail document,
Only the signature portion of the original sender attached to the mail document can be easily deleted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic conceptual configuration of an entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the personal computer according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary flowchart showing processing contents at the time of e-mail reply according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing the contents of an e-mail from the original sender according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing contents of a reply e-mail to be sent to the original sender according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary flowchart showing processing contents at the time of e-mail transfer according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing the contents of a received e-mail according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing contents of an e-mail to be transferred next according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Public line network 2 ... Personal computer (PC) 3 ... Mail server 11 ... CPU 12 ... ROM 13 ... RAM 14 ... Modem 15 ... Key input part 16 ... Hard disk drive (HDD) 17 ... Floppy disk drive (FDD) 18 ... CD-ROM device 19: display unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An identification means for identifying an original sender's signature added to a received e-mail text, a deletion means for deleting the signature identified by the identification means from the received e-mail text, and a deletion means. And e-mail creating means for creating an e-mail body for reply or transfer by referring to the e-mail body with the signature deleted. 2. The electronic mail according to claim 1, wherein said mail creating means adds information indicating a transfer route of the electronic mail text whose signature has been deleted by said deleting means to the electronic mail text created by itself. Email creation device. 3. An identification step for identifying the original sender signature added to the received e-mail text, a deletion step for deleting the signature identified in the identification step from the received e-mail text, and a deletion step. An e-mail creating step of creating an e-mail body for replying or forwarding by citing the e-mail body with the signature deleted. 4. An identification step for identifying the signature of the original sender added to the received e-mail text, a deletion step for deleting the signature identified in the identification step from the received e-mail text, and a deletion step. A computer-readable control program including instructions for causing a computer to execute a mail creation step of creating an e-mail body for replying or forwarding by citing the e-mail body with the signature deleted in step 1. Recording medium.